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Sunday, June 26, 2011

#1396 #S851 - Saigon Nice, Seattle - 3/16/2011

Update: Saigon Nice closed (2013?)

My brief stop in at Saigon Nice, which opened in the former location of the Tan Tuu Quan restaurant, was a curious one. I was the only one in the rather large place, and from their fairly limited liquor stock I decided that I better go with my "safe" drink when I don't trust the skills of the bartender, a simple gin and tonic. But this turned out to be not simple enough. The elderly Vietnamese lady behind the bar just pointed at the bottles there and asked, "Which one, you see?"

I didn't see, so I went with a bottle of beer. And for the entire time drinking it, the woman sat right across the bar from me, watching me. She didn't seem suspicious or like she hoped I would get out so she could close -- it seemed like she just had nothing else to do. But it appears that there is no lack of action later in evenings, including multiplestabbings.